Reply #3: Yep. I am prescribed an opiate for chronic pain, and it works just so! [View All]

[Akoto]

If you're truly in pain, it overrides that feeling of euphoria, and you just get pain relief. I never have a psychological craving to take my pain medicine. My pain management doctor tends to define this as the difference between an addict and a dependent. Are they taking it for relief from pain, or for pleasure/relief from life?

I'll admit to some mixed feelings on the heroin program in Sweden. The folks receiving it are addicts, and some part of me wants to see them get help and try to break that addiction. On the other hand, getting the heroin this way ensures that they have moderated, safe doses which they don't have to do dangerous things to afford.